Nov 5, 2008
Next Steps for Conservatives
We stand up for our principles, as we always have — through Democrat administrations and Republican administrations, in bear markets or bull markets, in peacetime and wartime.
We stay positive and focused.
We keep the faith.
We do not apologize for our beliefs. We do not re-brand them, re-form them, or relinquish them. We defend them.
We pay respect to the office of the presidency. We count our blessings and recommit ourselves to our constitutional republic.
We gird our loins, to borrow a phrase from our Vice President-elect.
We lock and load our ideological ammunition.
We fight.
[ed: emphasis mine]
Update
I’ve added a few more thoughts which are germane to the future of conservatism here and here.
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4 Comments, Comment or Ping
Charles Martin Cosgriff
05 November 2008, 10:50, UTC
Amen, Michelle Malkin! Tomorrow is another day, yesterday wasn’t all that bad. I hate to do it, but quoting Ted Kennedy: “The hope still lives, the cause endures, and the dream shall never die.”
Michael Woodring
05 November 2008, 11:05, UTC
Charles,
Truth is truth–no matter who says it. It’s time for some truth telling within conservatism.
USpace
06 November 2008, 0:22, UTC
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Well effin said. MM’s the bomb. I want to believe that Obama won’t be as bad as some people think, but I’m quite sure, that at best, he won’t be as good as most people hope he will be.
I wish this site had come out earlier, I had some Obamabot friends finding out that they had big differences with Obama’s positions:
http://www.barackobamatest.com/
Years ago I was knocked off the voting rolls here in this very Blue City when I was a Republican, on election day I found out I was knocked off as an Un-Affiliated. Next time I should register as a Democrat, I bet I won’t get knocked off then.
The biggest dangers come from the Left anyway, my votes in this Blue State’s closed primaries would be more important there.
Telling Moonbats I’m a Democrat would stop some in their tracks too, maybe making it easier to chip away at the false veneer of so-called ‘progressivism’.
Let’s hope he does well, at least not too badly, with the least amount of despair possible. May God Bless and help guide President Obama. And may God Bless and save America! Keep the faith!
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe hates
history either way
America WILL survive
we MUST still fight for freedom
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
ELECT socialism
let the young people see
survive the false promises
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creating MORE jobs
will spread NEW wealth around
- it is NOT finite
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
give up the search for truth
stop trying to show people
how the world really works
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
Bush was worse than Hitler
and Stalin and Mao
and Castro combined
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All real freedom starts with freedom of speech. If there is no freedom of speech there can be no real freedom.
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POTUS-Elect BHO Thrills Earth!
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USpace
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Michael Woodring
06 November 2008, 7:58, UTC
USspace,
No one who has been elevated as much as Obama can meet up with those expectations. I believe that Democrats, particularly those who consider themselves moderates will soon find themselves with an chronic case of buyer’s remorse.
Just remember that calling folks moonbats does tend to make further conversation with them difficult. Those of us who are conservatives (regardless of party affiliation) must ensure that we focus on issues, and drive home the historical and current basis for why we believe what we believe.